Joint Strike Fighter program officials recently began to train both pilots and maintainers using classroom and ground exercises as well as test site visits, paving the way for flight training expected to begin in the next two months, according to the vice commander of the Air Force unit responsible for the F-35 schoolhouse. The F-35 has not yet received its formal airworthiness certification from the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center, a certification that comes with a military flight release, according...
